Does whatever mean "no matter what kind of utopia they might project" here in this sentence?
"The founders of a new colony, whatever utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognised it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery.
Nina
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Yes - that is my understanding.
— LouiseT
Yes - that is my understanding.
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